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from Exclaim! Magazine Oct.2008:
Tranzmitors
"Live A Little More"
10/2/2008 By Cam Lindsay
Exclaim! has never been shy about showing our love for Vancouver's Tranzmitors. Shit, it's impossible not to, considering just how dapper they look and how sweet they sound.
With a crisp power pop punk sound and riffs as sharp and concise as the Jam (not to mention mod suits as fine as), Tranzmitors are the perfect answer to anyone looking for songs with the astute hooks of Elvis Costello's This Year's Model and the punk virility of the Buzzcocks.
The band have just released a new twelve-inch EP on Deranged Records that follows up last year's self-titled LP. Leadoff track "Live A Little More" utilizes a rolling riff that borrows from the Ventures' surfing standards to energize the song's impish poise. It certainly sounds like something from the Stiff Records catalogue that would have sat on the charts next to the Undertones' "Teenage Kicks." And like the Briefs or the sorely missed Exploding Hearts, Tranzmitors have the kind of timelessness that makes me want to forget about any punk records made after 1980. Er, except for this one...
Fantastic nite! we enjoyed playing with you, thank you for taking care of us. Please come down to California, we'll take care of you and show you some Woolly love.
we're planning on doing a double 7 inch release in calgary sometime in the summer. you guys should definitely come play. we will let you know when it is. it would be a blast to have you here!
So we're trying to plan a trip to Vancouver late August, but under one condition... you play a show while we're there! Oh, and you should get that other band, what are they called, Pointless Knives or something like that? I heard they're good too.
Hey! We'd love to go to Vancouver! But we're coming up from the south, with the last date in SF I'm afraid.... Stupid reasons like shitty jobs prevents us from extending the tour... SF should be really fun though, maybe you could mini-tour down there? The Pirates-press anniversary is Nov 13-14 in SF, with Cock Sparrer among others! One of these days we should make it to Canada, and play with our buddies in Statues and you guys. Deranged Pop-tour!
Dave Bowes from Skinny 'Zine books the Balmoral now. He's got the 26th confirmed with us, he's just lookin' for some more bands to fill the bill. Interested? (I HOPE the place is still open..) You guys are probably my favourite band on the west coast.
Still waiting to hear about the other Vancouver date. Possible in-store at Neptoon but it's still up in the air. Hope to see you guys when we get out there!
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